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Since backyards are often the spaces where many of us spend most of our outdoors, it’s important to create an attractive and comfortable space. But that doesn’t mean that our front yard is not important and doesn’t deserve special attention. Today’s submission is a great example of the impact an interesting front garden has.
Brenda Key, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, returned to where she was happy, began working on the lush frontal landscape we see today. Unlike the obedience seen from Marty yesterday (the garden of Marty’s garden), Brenda started with more than bare stains, but the space was still not ready. Over the years, she has created a mesmerizing front bed of mostly shaded plants under mature maple trees, creating a landscape that must please visitors and those who pass by in the process.
My garden is in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Zone 5b. When I bought the house 11 years ago, the front yard had lawns except for the front strips on either side of the sidewalk, consisting of mature maple trees, reied trees, Euynmus, Yews, Hostas, and several large rocks. I allowed it while I was focused on building a garden in my backyard.
Ultimately, I ended up focusing on the front yard, but the first step was to reduce the amount of wobbling and remove the grass that crept into it. I still have some patches of reiwinkle and am working on digging into the rest. The newly opened area gave us space to add some paths along with many new shrubs, perennials and bulbs.
This garden will be greeted with the sunrise northward, but by mid-afternoon it is primarily a shaded garden. I added more hosts along with other perennials and shrubs, along with darker purple, white and Chartreuse tones, adding interest and contrast to all the greens.
Happy gardening everyone.
Brenda Key
This photo shows about 3/4 of the front yard seen from the sidewalk.
This section of the garden shows the rest of the front yard to the right of the first photo. It includes many hosts, perennial geranium, concorde barberry (Belberis San Belge ‘Concorde’, zones 4-8), all-gold Japanese forest grass (Hakonecroa macra “all gold”, zones 4-9), wool thyme (Timas Fesodranuginus, zones 5-8), and Sormon’s arivers (Paogonum). 3–8).
On the left side of the vestibule are dark-foliated Huhalas and dark tower Penztheon (the “dark tower” of the pen-based system, zones 3-8), Herman’s Pridra Miastram (Lamiastram Guerre-obudron, “The Pride of Hermann”, zones 4-8), nepeta, nepeta, all barbers, whink barbers, wale barbers, nepetat Nikko Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis ‘nikko’, zones 5-8).
This route is near the front of the house. In the back are yews on both sides of rose globerberry (Belberis San Belguy “Rose Glow”, Zones 4-8) and black lace elderberry (Sambucas Nigra “Eva”, Zones 4-7). Other plants include some colorful eunymus, silver-wrapped rings (heuchera ‘s silver-wrapped rings, zones 4–9), hostas, all golden forest grass, palace purple heuchera (heuchera micranthavar. disperia’ palace purple’, zones 4–9), and catching heucherella (heucherella’)’heucherella’).
This is a close-up of the plant at the end of the pathway. Beneath the yew behind the grass of all gold Japanese forests is the Japanese painted fern (niponicumvar.pictum, zones 3-8). Catching Fire Houchella is planted in front of the creeping thyme (chest, zones 4-8) before it creeps up.
On the other side of the path, it features a variety of eunilonus, spilled Weigela florida ‘bokraspiwi’, Zones 4–8), emerald blue creeping phlox (Phlox sublata ’emerald blue’, Zones 2–9), and double-play gold spiral (Spireia JAPONIA ‘YAN’, ZONES 3–8). Glauca, zones 4-9), self-seeded Brunella with purple sensory allium (alium “purple senses”, zones 4-9) in the mix (Blue Nella Macrofera, zones 4-8).
View from my front window.
Thank you for sharing your incredible front garden with us, Brenda! While the back garden is often our own private oasis, the front garden is a gift we share with our neighbors, anyone lucky enough to pass by ourselves. What a beautiful gift you gave!
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